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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Neisseria meningitidis: a neglected cause of infectious haemorrhagic fever in the amazon rainforest
Autores: | Barroso,David E.; Silva,Luciete A.
Data: | 2007-12-01
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Neisseria meningitidis; Meningococcal disease; Haemorrhagic fever; Amazon forest.
Resumo: | Neisseria meningitidis has not been seen as a significant cause of infectious haemorrhagic fever in the Amazon inlands; most reported cases are from the city of Manaus, the capital of the State of Amazonas. This picture is sustained by the lack of reliable microbiology laboratories, the perception of the health care workers, and the difficult to reach medical assistance; thus the number of confirmed cases is even lower with no reference of the strains phenotype. We report here the investigation of a case of suspected meningococcemia and his close contacts in a rural community in the Coari Lake, up the Amazon River.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000600014
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702007000600014
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.11 n.6 2007
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess